PACIFIC WAR
The role of the United States Marine Raiders in World War II, is best
understood in context of the larger aspects of the war in the Pacific.
An excellent presentation for this purpose may be found in, "Marines in
World War II Commemorative Series", published by the History and Museums
Division of the United States Marine Corps. and the Hyperwar publications.
These may be accessed by clicking on the following links.
Several links are repeated to ease navigating.
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Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War
II
Volume I
by
Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. Hough, USMCR
Major Verle E. Ludwig, USMC
Henry I. Shaw, Jr.
Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S.
Marine Corps
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/
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Marines in World War II
Historical Monograph
The Guadalcanal Campaign
by Major John L. Zimmerman, USMCR Historical Section,
Division of Public Information
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
1949
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal/index.html
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Appendix
E: First Marine Division Operation Order--Guadalcanal
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A
Hypertext History of the Second World War
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Hyperwar
U S Marine Corps in World War II
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United States Army in World War II
The War in the Pacific
Guadalcanal: The First Offensive
John Miller, Jr.
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Guadalcanal/index.html#8
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Marines in World War II Commemorative
Series
THIS PAMPHLET HISTORY, one in a series devoted
to U.S. Marines in the World War II era, is published for the education
and training of Marines by the History and Museums Division, Headquarters,
U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a part of the U.S. Department
of Defense observance of the 50th anniversary of victory in that war.
Selected titles from this series have been converted
to the Web and can be accessed from the links below. Paper copies of these
and other titles in this series may be purchased by contacting the Superintendent
of Documents. Order information can obtained by accessing the Publications
Website for the United
States Marine Corp's History and Musuems Division.
WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE SERIES
DIRECTOR OF MARINE CORPS HISTORY AND MUSEUMS
Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons, USMC (Ret)
GENERAL EDITOR,
WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE SERIES
Benis M. Frank
CARTOGRAPHIC CONSULTANT
George C. MacGillivray
EDITING AND DESIGN SECTION, HISTORY AND MUSEUMS DIVISION
Robert E. Struder, Senior Editor;
W. Stephen Hill, Visual Information Specialist;
Catherine A. Kerns, Composition Services Technician, R.D. Payne,
NPS Volunteer—Web Edition
Marine Corps Historical Center
Building 58, Washington Navy Yard
Washington, D.C. 20374-5040
http://www.nps.gov/wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/
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